Two thousand year-old dog! A Han Dynasty figure of a dog from a collection of funerary representations of creatures of the Zodiac. Courtesy www.chineseartinscotland.co.uk

Sunday, February 18 sees the official beginning of The Year of the Dog, the eleventh of the zodiac creatures. So your are prepared for it, and especially what it means if you are a dog (!) here is what to expect in the coming year. Our thanks to https://chinesenewyear2018.com/zodiac/dog/ for the rundown!